“In search of our better selves”: Totem Transfer Narratives and Indigenous Futurities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dallas Hunt
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 42, no. 1, 2018, pp. 71-90
Description
Discusses the role of a mainstream science fiction film, Mad Max: Fury Road, in maintaining “totem transfer” and “settler replacement” narratives. Contrasts this with two Indigenous works: William Sanders's "When This World Is All on Fire" and Danis Goulet's short film Wakening which challenge these narratives.
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In the Shade of the Banyan Tree

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Y. Najita
The Contemporary Pacific, vol. 22, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 349-361
Description
Examines the role of orality in Albert Wendt's Leaves of the Banyan Tree and The Mango’s Kiss.
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Incidents of the Rebellion of 1885

Archival » Archival Items
Description
A collection of stories about the North-West Rebellion of 1885 written by grade 8 students of St. Vital School, Battleford, Saskatchewan in 1923. The stories pertain to the Mann family's escape to Fort Pitt, the capture of Thomas Dewan by Stony Indians, the effect of the rebellion on settlers, the escape of two dispatch riders Philip Atkinson of Battleford and William Diehl of Prince Albert, and John Pritchard's rescue of Mrs. Delaney and Mrs. Gowanlock from the Cree.
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An Incipient Study of the Indian Half of the Dialogic: Native Rhetorics on Occom’s Use of Indirect Discourse

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 3rd, 1999
Native American Symposium ; 4th, 2001
Stealing/Steeling the Spirit: American Indian Identities ; and Smoke Screens/Smoke Signals: Looking Through Worlds: Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Native American Symposiums
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kimberly Roppolo
Description
Examines Native American traditions of interaction and speech rules in literature.
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Indian Aesthetics: Literature

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Clara Sue Kidwell
Alan Velie
Description
Overview of Native American literary history, concepts and themes. Chapter 6 from Native American Studies edited by Clara Sue Kidwell and Alan Velie.
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An Indian, An American: Ethnicity, Assimilation and Balance in Charles Eastman's From the Deep Woods to Civilization

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erik Peterson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 2/3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 1992, pp. 145-160
Description
Discusses how Eastman's contradictory roles as "an Indian, an American" challenge understandings of cultural assimilation. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article scroll down to appropriate article.
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The Indian Autobiography: Origins, Type, and Function

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arnold Krupat
American Literature: A Journal of Literary History, Criticism, and Bibliography, vol. 53, no. 1, 1981, pp. 22-42
Description
Looks at the Indian autobiography as a genre of American writing.
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Indian Blues: The Indigenization of American Popular Music

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John W. Troutman
World Literature Today, vol. 83, no. 3, May/June 2009, pp. 42-46
Description
Discusses how Native American musicians have fused native music styles with other musical traditions to assimilate into United States culture.
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The Indian Captivity Narrative as Ritual

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Vanderbeets
American Literature, vol. 43, no. 4, January 1972, pp. 548-562
Description
Pattern of abduction, detention/adoption, and return in this genre compared to the tradition of the hero's quest.
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Indian Education

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sherman Alexie
Description
Short story from The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.
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Indian Female Characterization in Larry Watson’s Montana 1948

Alternate Title
Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium
Native American Symposium ; 8th, 2009
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Grace Chaillier
Description
Discusses the stereotypical portrayal of Native American women as either a princess, or drudge.
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The Indian Half-Breed in Turn-of-the-Century Short Fiction

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter G. Beidler
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, 1985, pp. 1-12
Description
Shows, through discussion of one character type, that the turn-of-the-century short story gives us useful information about the attitudes of whites towards Aboriginals.
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The Indian in the Child

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephanie Wood
Canada's History, vol. 90, no. 5, 2010, pp. 58-59
Description
Presents a short story titled, The Indian in the Child, written by the seventeen-year-old winner of the Canadian Aboriginal Writing Challenge, Stephanie Wood.
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Indian in the Cupboard: A Case Study in Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rhonda Harris Taylor
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, vol. 13, no. 4, Special Issue, July 2000, pp. 371-384
Description
Critical analysis of popular children's book contrasts American Indian and non-Indian perspectives about stereotypes.
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Indian Literature and Critical Responsibility

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elaine Jahner
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 2, Series 2: Special Issue, Summer, 1993, pp. 7-12
Description
Outlines four approaches to various traditional writings and discusses how critics need to understand how the literature fulfills and transcends a growing, developing tradition. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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